Old Union Elementary First Grade

Week of March 3^rd

Family Math night is this Thursday from 5:00 to 6:00.  Come play with your child!  Math games, of course!

Dragon Day is this Friday.  We will be having different schedules.  If you need to know about lunch times, etc, contact your child’s teacher.

Our Encore schedule so that your kiddo remembers tennis shoes-VERY important

	Mon.	Tues.	Wed.	Thurs.	Fri.
Thomas	PE	music	PE	art	Rotation with PE
Graviett	PE	art	PE	music	“
Herreman	art	PE	music	PE	“
Johnson	music	PE	art	PE	“

In Language Arts this week, we will…

·        Use graphic organizers while writing small moments

·        Determine the author’s purpose

·        Learn about hard and soft g

·        Explore the dictionary

·        Sort words to learn word patterns and help our spelling

·        Build our vocabulary with a weekly read-aloud.

·        Practice placing correct capitalization and punctuation in paragraphs

·        Visiting computer lab to work on computer program “Imagination Station”, a differentiated program that reinforces reading skills

In Math, we will…

·        Subtract using a number line

·        Solve subtraction word problems

·        Continue to solve our problems of the day.  We use “CUBES” strategies.  (Circle the numbers, Underline key words, Box the question, Ex out extra information, and Show our work)

·        Visit our math stations. Each station will have a math activity that reinforces concepts that we are currently learning or have previously learned. Your child will also be able to visit “First in Math” at some point this week.

In Social Studies, we’ll be learning US and Texas symbols.

Upcoming Dates:

March Events

3^rd        PTO Executive Board Meeting

            Diagnostician Appreciation Week

6^th        Family Math Night (5:00-6:00)

7^th        Muffins with Moms (7:00-7:45)

            Dragon Day

24^th      Spring Disbursements Due

27^th      All Pro Dads (7:00-7:45)

            Disbursement Committee Meeting

            Family Science Night (6:00-8:00)

***Here are high frequency words that first graders need to be able to SPELL correctly on a consistent basis by the end of the second semester.

Second Semester High Frequency

Spelling Words

an	are	because	from
of	one	play	said
that	there	they	was
went	were	when	with
your